Aircraft

On December 15th 1944, Major Alton Glenn Miller of the United States Army departed RAF Twinwood Farm for France. Neither he, the pilot or the second passenger were ever seen again.
*Text as typed on the print border.
Print #6 in The Twinwood Collection.

The original painting was commissioned by the RAF and Army Air Corps at RAF Aldergrove in Northern Ireland to mark the end of Operation Banner. All of the ‘troubles’ in N. Ireland came under Operation Banner which was the longest running operation in British military history.

At 0510 hrs June 4th 1942, a PBY.5 (cal sign ‘AV58’) of VP-23 and under the command of Lt. Howard Ady USN, spotted a Japanese scout aircraft from one of the carriers heading for Midway. At 0530 hrs they located the carrier force. Seconds later Lt. Ady’s radio operator sent this message: “Enemy Carriers!”.
Print #1 in The Midway Collection

On Oct 14th 1943 the US 8th AF returned from a mission to Schwienfurt. ‘Cat ‘o 9 Tails’, was unable to find any airfield and running low on fuel, the crew baled out over Aylesbury. The aircraft glided on auto pilot, landing in Riseley, Bedford.